I have genetic black under eye circles. I was hoping this foundation would cut my morning makeup routine in half as I have to be in work for 7 am every morning. I never have time for my hair because I'm so busy covering my circles. ITS FUN! Well this helped a little..even though I still pile on the concealers this looks better overall when I'm done. It does cake and dry on my under eye area but every where else when paired with a good moisterizer looks great all day. I bought cliniques all about eyes rich cream...maybe that should help with the caking. I will let you know :)

I've used this once, and I didn't like the way it looked on me, I purchased this because of all the rave reviews its gotten for covering acne scars/marks, which I have. I think my problem was that I used too much moisturiser beforehand therefore making it look the way it did on my face. One good thing about it is that it covered my marks which I was super stoked about because almost any foundation I use doesn't cover the disgusting hyper pigmentation left over from an acne outbreak a while ago. I will edit my review once I have used it again!

UPDATE 28/10/11:

I decided to give this another go today, this time I added a couple of drops of moisturiser with it to sheer it out and make it a bit more creamier. Did I like it? Yes! It looked really great and it still covered perfectly, and after a couple of hours of use it turned into a nice dewy look, but that may be because I didn't powder.. Nonetheless I loved the outcome :) Get this!

I have used this foundation since the 1990's and still keep coming back to it. It covers better than anything else I have tried! The texture is fairly heavy so I use it for spot coverage or apply it with a brush. This works best if you apply some to the back of your hand and then use a brush to apply it to your face.

Very very diasappointed!!!!!!!!!I have previously bought Double Wear Light and it was amazing so I went straight for the maximum coverage and it did not stay on at all!!!!!!!!!!

I use a Lancome primer and applied this foundation with the estee lauder foundation brush and added double wear powder over the top and it comes off when I touch my face, comes off on my phone, on my boyfriend when we kiss!!

I am looking into a product to cover my acne. Well, this product claims to be non-acnogenic. I actually wanted to buy the DoubleMatt concealer, but the MUA suggested that i get thisMaximum cover instead as it is a bigger tube and can last longer. I read the description, well, it gives a matt coverage and suitable for post surgery scars in which i assumed this would mean the ingredients are gentle enough and will not cause more breakouts. I had fair skinned and i was matched "Mdium deep". I think this is a No. 07. She tested out on my cheek and topped up with some loose powder, i think it looked great, at least it was cover 80% of my scars. I was skeptical on the colour as i am fairskinned, most of the time, i will use the lightest colour, or the 2nd lightest.....this medium deep is dark!!! However, she assured me that the colour is ok and you need to have a darker colour to cover the marks well. also, at the store, i checked my cheek, the colour looked ok. Well, i bought it. OK!!! When i went home, i tested it again on my hand and to my horror, it was super super dark...i compared with the various foundations (i had at least 15, but unfortunately, i had not yet found that HG fou ndation)...this is the darkest i ever had, even darker than my darkest foundation or concealer. In the next day, i went to the counter again, this time, it was a different MUA. i told her abt the concern and she gave me some samples of No.03 and No.05, anyway, her advice was my colour should be No. 05....the next day, i tested out both colours...well, i believed No. 03 should be the one but it it still too dark and i had to blend the whole face, otherwise, it was be blotches and they are obvious ones. Frankly, this foundation gave excellent coverage with a small qty.....but it DOES NOT give that matt finish....i had to top up with some loose powder or powder foundation, in the end, it is like, i had top up TOO MANY powders!! I would not use this at all.........in case you are curious..what happened to my No. 7 colour tube? Well, i had exhcnaged with themakeup remover

I don't see how anyone can use this as a foundation, way too cakey & thick and settles into fine lines making them look deeper. That being said... This is my HG concealer for imperfections, I would not dare use this under my eyes but for all other skin imperfections it is AWESOME. I have several hyperpigmentations and large freckles and this hides them like a dream. I dab this where I need it over my Double Wear foundation by EL and it's fabulous!

Final conclusion- great concealer, not so great as foundation!

I like the tube packaging, and since I only use as concealer this tube will last me a LONG time, so price evens out in the long run :)

I would give this a 4.5. Nothing beats the By Terry concealer - in that blue tube BEFORE they went and messed up the perfect formula.

However this is pretty much that concealer, except it does not give your skin a gorgeous glow like By Terry. But this is my HG concealer - I wear it everyday. It is full coverage, it last for ages on my skin - I woke up and it was still on from a night out!

I don't use this as foundation but am going to use it as that tomorrow.

The only thing I can say is that the shades of this are so awful - if I don't mix it with some white foundation - it looks awful, like dirty smudged on my skin.

This does not cake or flake like everything else does on me!

So if this made my skin glow and had a better colour match it would be perfect.

Edit - colour matches in Estee Lauder. So annoying. I wish they would improve them. Sigh, makes me want to ditch this perfect formula for a perfect colour match.

i love the finish of this and it covers great but it made my skin crack..literally. My skin is more on the dry side. My nose and chin looked like a had a sunburn that was peeling and it stayed like that for weeks after i stopped using it...it was so embarassing. I think it'd be great for someone with oily/combo skin though!